Legal Opinion
Una Mae HICKS, Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 12, 1985No. 84-1640PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:
The district court denied attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act to Una Mae Hicks, a claimant who, in the district court, successfully set aside the Secretary’s contrary determination of her eligibility and obtained an award of social security disability benefits. 586 F.Supp. 853. The court denied her claim for attorney’s fees on the ground that the Secretary was substantially justified in arguing that claimant had not proved her inability to engage in her former occupation. Alternatively, the district court ruled that because her attorney was…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Stanley Spencer v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Ruby R. Martin v. Secretary of Department of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
- Lucille F. Thorne v. Caspar W. Weinberger, as Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. First National Bank of CircleCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Collins ChristensenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Coffman v. BowenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
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- United States v. Franklin M. YoffeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- Emma Jane PULLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
- Joseph E. LIVELY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
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